Felix is on his way up - live feed.

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Originally Posted by bongodriver

I think it's just the heating for the helmet visor but to be honest it looks as if it still is staying clear, I don't see it being a mission abort.

Yep, he's jumping

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So, by my maths, he gets the world record for highest and fastest jump, but not the speed of sound and not the longest freefall. Either way, hopefully the data might prove helpful to someone

[JG26_EZ]

Can you say "Deathwish"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fHSF07us68

[5./JG27.Farber]

I read on the internet this jump was done before...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger

and mostly it was a PR stunt for Redbull...

The Kittinger jump was a bigger deal because nobody had ever jumped before from so high... and according to some things I read about about the red bull jumper he has jumped in riskier sitiuations before... "This was a piece of cake"...